By Robert Jones, TNC; Bill Dewey, Taylor Shellfish Farms; and Barton Seaver, Chef & Author
With land-based food production already stretched and the global population continuing to grow, the sea provides crucial opportunities for resilience.
The planet has never been under more pressure to increase food production. And this pressure is only set to grow—by as much as 60 percent over the next few decades. At the same time, climate change is threatening food systems around the world, with major questions about future food supply and security, livelihoods, and human nutrition.
As our planet gets squeezed between these multiple pressures, we need to rethink how we feed people and protect the environment—drastically diversifying crops, improving farming methods, and strategically selecting places in which we grow our food. It’s no longer just about hedging our bets, it’s a vital necessity for our already-taxed, overburdened food production systems.
So, let’s think big—as in 71 percent of the planet big. Our ocean…
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